Cool. I think this is a nice view of how the parts of GTD fit together, as a refresher for those who've been living it. It's really a 1-page visual outline of both "Getting Things Done" and "Making it all Work".

But personally, I think it's too much for a day-to-day workflow reference. Also, I think it could scare away a GTD novice, because it looks a lot more complicated than it really is. (If you are considering GTD, don't let this scare you away!)

Proximo, you must have got it just in time, as it appears that the Flickr user who had posted it has taken it down. Wonder if David's company issued a take-down notice or if he just did it of his own volition.

David Allen Co (DAC) is about to start selling the new poster from GTD Times

This new $49 product will include:

A full-color 20″x30″ (51×76cm) poster
A full-color 11″x17″ (28×43cm) poster
An in-depth DVD of David Allen giving a guided tour of the Map

I love DAC and the GTD concepts, but they are starting to (I think) focus too much on the business markets and price things WAY TOO HIGH. They need to remember that it is the grass roots, regular joes that made GTD a phenomenon and not the business world.

I love DAC and the GTD concepts, but they are starting to (I think) focus too much on the business markets and price things WAY TOO HIGH. They need to remember that it is the grass roots, regular joes that made GTD a phenomenon and not the business world.

Ditto! Keep in mind that their marketing strategy targets those who have disposable incomes that will buy an $80 leather note-taker wallet (or $50 poster), capitalizing on the GTD buzz.

For less than a dollar, I can pick up a Mead notepad and slip inside my 15 year old leather wallet. Coupled with my 5 year old Fisher space pen, I have my ubiquitous 'capture' device that goes everywhere.

For less than a dollar, I can pick up a Mead notepad and slip inside my 15 year old leather wallet. Coupled with my 5 year old Fisher space pen, I have my ubiquitous 'capture' device that goes everywhere.

The Fisher Space Pen is amazing isn't it?

I do, however, spend a few extra dollars and buy the Moleskine Volant Ruled Extra Small notebooks. If you haven't ever used them, you should check them out!

To get back to your question, I don't have a physical calendar or address book anymore. All that is electronic. I use my iPod Touch, and WM phone for pretty much everything when I am not on my netbook. I still find some uses for good old fashioned paper though. I often like to jot notes on paper because I find it difficult to abbreviate myself while typing, and onscreen keyboards, despite their great progress with the iPhone keyboard, are just not fast enough. I also use paper for outlining and what I suppose could be considered rudimentary mind-mapping. I just don't find electronic devices as appropriate for those things. Also the batteries for a notebook last forever, and don't have to be recharged.

ZTD asks you to pick a very simple, portable, easy-to-use tool for capture — a small notebook or small stack of index cards are preferred (but not mandated), simply because they are much easier to use and carry around than a PDA or notebook computer.

I agree with the basic principle of using a notebook but I don't think that it's easier than carrying around an iPhone, especially if I'm going to have a cell phone anyway.

It's good that it isn't a mandate because I agree with you. A stack of 3x5s may be easier than a notebook, but not a PDA. Especially if, as you said, you're going to be carrying your phone around anyway. Perhaps that was written before PDA-phones when PDAs were more primitive and cumbersome with styli, etc.

For those of you that use a Moleskine, do you also carry around a calendar, an address book, and a cell phone?

No snark intended. Serious question.

Thanks.

Unfortunately, I do not have an iPhone. I assure you that I will the moment they are no longer officially tied to AT&T, but that's another matter.

I do not have a paper-based calendar or address book.

I use Google calendar, which my Outlook calendar at work synchs to. Then my girlfriend and I both share our calendars with each other, and we have a shared Maybe calendar that we can both update with potential things to do. I am able to add items to my Google calendar through SMS on my cellphone, but I generally choose to write it down and add it during processing time.

I use Gubb.net to keep lists (grocery, movies I'd like to see, etc). I can check these lists, or add items to them, through SMS, and I frequently do. If you haven't tried it out, I recommend it... but it is pretty slow and I don't TRUST it like I do Toodledo.

Lastly, there's Toodledo. This is where I keep my projects and actions. Often times, when I'm out and about, I think of something that needs to get done. If the next action is self-evident, then I might send a direct tweet to Toodledo and add it to my Next Actions. However, frequently it takes further evaluation before a next action can be arrived at. So, I write it down in my Moleskine. Yes, I know that I could just send it in with no context, or a variety of other ways to indicate that it is part of my Inbox, but I just simply prefer to write it down.

Also, I find it comes in very handy when I need to do some impromptu brainstorming. Not to mention, it is just always handy to have a pen with you. :)

I took a couple quick pics of my Moleskin and Spacepen, so that you can see just how small they are. If you are not familiar, the spacepen is 3.75" long when closed.

Plus you can write upside down with it, or in those pesky zero-gravity situations :)
BTW, thanks for the shared "maybe" calendar idea. I think that could finally hook my wife into using Google Calendar.

I'm in the process of reading the second book. He speaks more to the philosophy than to the tools of the trade. Defining areas of focus and clarifying some of the more ambiguous stuff in the first book. But the nuts and bolts of the system still remain the same.

I used a hybrid system between outlook and paper for several years. It wasn't until I found a system in the cloud was I able to be completely universal between home and work. RTM was it, but I spent far too much time trying to make it GTD friendly until I happened upon Toodledo. Never looked back.

@Nathan

I do use a Moleskine on my desk. I have an iPod and 90% of the time I use it to capture everything. I still keep a small notebook and my trusty space pen with me almost everywhere. In the car I call into Jott. But when I'm in a meeting at work, the Moleskine shines. As I get better and better at typing on my iPod (in the over 40 crowd who is learning thumb typing) I find myself using my little book less and less.

I agree that sometimes, there is nothing that beats paper for rapid brainstorming or a good data dump of ideas. I'm pretty close to typing 60 wpm, but with a keyboard I have a tendency to backspace over what could be a really good idea. On paper, erasing takes to long so you just keep going.

I think one of the things that makes Getting Things Done so universal is that you can go entirely paper or electronic. A list is a list and it really doesn't matter if its in electrons or ink. Every now and then I get the notion of going back to the elegance of a paper based system.